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Overwrite HTTP Host header #40

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Adding the ability to overwrite the http host header
georgemp Dec 21, 2015
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Switching from hard-coded string 'host' to reference from header_names
georgemp Dec 21, 2015
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1. Switched to utility::details::str_icmp() to do header value
georgemp Jan 4, 2016
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Release/include/cpprest/details/http_client_impl.h
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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ static utility::string_t flatten_http_headers(const http_headers &headers)
utility::string_t flattened_headers;
for(auto iter = headers.begin(); iter != headers.end(); ++iter)
{
utility::string_t header_name = iter->first;
http_headers::_case_insensitive_cmp cmp;
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Alternatively, you could use utility::details::str_icmp() API for the comparison. Seems more straightforward than using the http_headers::_case_insensitive_cmp.

if (!cmp(header_name, header_names::host) && !cmp(header_names::host, header_name)) {
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Also, our windows http client implementation is in http_client_winhttp.cpp. We should make sure that we dont break anything there when modifying these common files.

continue;
}
flattened_headers.append(iter->first);
flattened_headers.push_back(':');
flattened_headers.append(iter->second);
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions Release/src/http/client/http_client_asio.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -394,14 +394,21 @@ class asio_context : public request_context, public std::enable_shared_from_this
std::ostream request_stream(&m_body_buf);
request_stream.imbue(std::locale::classic());

request_stream << method << " " << encoded_resource << " " << "HTTP/1.1" << CRLF << "Host: " << host;
request_stream << method << " " << encoded_resource << " " << "HTTP/1.1" << CRLF;
request_stream << "Host: ";

int port = base_uri.port();
if (base_uri.is_port_default())
{
port = (m_connection->is_ssl() ? 443 : 80);
}
request_stream << ":" << port << CRLF;

std::string specified_host_header;
if (m_request.headers().match(header_names::host, specified_host_header)) {
request_stream << specified_host_header << CRLF;
} else {
request_stream << host << ":" << port << CRLF;
}

// Extra request headers are constructed here.
utility::string_t extra_headers;
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